Trevor Rocks.

Start. Llangollen (East Street car park).

Route. Llangollen (East Street car park) - Llangollen Bridge - Wharf Hill - School - Offa's Dyke Path - Tan-y-castell - Trevor Rocks - Panorama Walk - Trevor Quarry - Community Miles Route - Tan y bont - Sun Trevor Inn - Llangollen Canal - Llangollen Wharf - Wharf Hill - Llangollen.

Notes. There may be some stuffy politician sitting in the House of Commons who when hearing the name Trevor Rocks presumes it’s a porn star he hoped his daughter will never bring home, but it’s not. It’s one of the finest carboniferous limestone escarpments in Britain, stretching from World’s End south through Creigiau Eglwysag to Trevor Rocks around five miles of awe-inspiring beauty, an Area of Special Scientific Interest, an area worth exploring.

We followed the same route we took when visiting Castell Dinas Bran, in fact you could include this romantic fortress if you wish, we opted not to. Over Llangollen Bridge we walked before ascending Wharf Hill, at the top of the hill a flight of steps allowed access to a fenced path which in turn guided us passed the local school, through a kissing gate, along the edge of a large meadow then through another kissing gate into a lane, this lane guided us to the start of the path that climbs to the castle.

Ignoring the steep ascent we continued straight on under the steep slopes of the castle hill, ancient field boundaries guided us into sheep pastures, after traversing said pastures we emerged onto the tarmac lane that guided us back to Llangollen the other day, this time we turned left, ascending to the Offa’s Dyke Path, at this point a tarmac lane christened Panorama Walk. Through stunning vistas we wandered, all the while knowing we had to climb the massive limestone cliffs to our right. After passing a farm (Tan-y-castell) a breach in the cliffs greeted us, a path climbed through gorse into a narrow gully, up we went.

This was a steep ascent, through yellow gorse, over limestone scree, up the gully hands on in places, ignoring the first path junction we continued climbing until reaching a footpath sign. We flopped down, had a brew and marvel at what we’d just accomplished. After a quick look at the map we followed a permissive path along the edge of the escarpment, dizzy drops and stunning views accompanied our every step. The path soon joined a fence line which in turn guided us to a narrow tarmac lane (Panorama Walk).

After descending over tarmac we turned left at the first road junction, still striding out over tarmac we passed the massive scar of the Trevor Quarry, on reaching the residence of Tan y bont we joined the Community Miles Route. This path left the lane descending a flight of steps followed by a steep slippery slope, just as we’d about had enough teetering around fighting for grip we emerged onto a lane just above the Sun Trevor Inn, a chance for refreshments.

Refreshed we crossed the main road to access the Llangollen Canal, our guide back to town. When walking around the Dee valley it’s hard to ignore this picturesque waterway, just as well as most of the walks this week included it, it's a stunning canal far more charming than most man made waterways, sounds like I'm getting a bit starry eyed you should come take a look for yourself.

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home.

Ancient rights of way guide us towards the escarpment visible through the trees.

Across the Vale of Llangollen, rolling across the horizon the Maesyrychen Mountains.

Our route ahead with views to Creigiau Eglwyseg.

The way ahead, under the limbs of what was once a coppice hedge.

Again across the skyline, blue/grey the Maesyrychen Mountains.

The start of out ascent into an extraordinary landscape.

Castell Dinas Bran seen from the ascent of Trevor Rocks.

Just escaping the narrow gully used to ascend the hill, enjoying well earned views to Castall Dinas Bran and the Vale of Llangollen.

Capturing a moment in time, Castell Dinas Bran.

Ahead a stunning walk along one of the limestone shelves, there's a path below us and an escarpment above but this is the route we took....

....and a wonderful route it was.

Sunlight catches the edge of Trevor Rocks while the Vale of Llangollen remains in shade.

The tarmac surface of Panorama Walk.

Descending the Community Miles Route, it might be slippery but at least it's colouful.

Picturesque, the Llangollen Canal.

The end of a walk doesn't get much better than this.

Views over the Vale of Llangollen.

Adapting to the pace of the canal, it's slow but we're in no hurry.

I've yet to work out the numbering on the bridges of the Llangollen Canal, I'm sure it's quite simple, this is Llanddyn No2, Lift Bridge 44W. I believe the W stands for west.

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